The Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans have agreed to make a rare in-division trade according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. The trade is one that will send linebacker Kamalei Correa to Jacksonville, but the compensation is unknown at the moment.
The #Titans are trading LB Kamalei Correa to the #Jaguars, sources tell me and @TomPelissero. He stays in the AFC South.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 14, 2020
Correa, 26, was a second round pick for the Baltimore Ravens in 2016 out of Boise State, but was traded to the Titans in 2018. From that point to now, he participated in 32 games with them and started in nine. He’ll enter his Jags tenure with 77 tackles and 8.5 sacks and could be a player the Jags view as a defensive end in addition to a linebacker.
This move comes as the Jags recently had injuries at both linebacker and defensive end with starters Myles Jack and Josh Allen missing Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans. They also had Dakota Allen surface on Wednesday’s injury report as a non-participant while Jack and Allen returned to some capacity.
Correa wasn’t being utilized much for the Titans this season only seeing the field for 39 defensive snaps and 24 on special teams. He was placed on the Reserve/ COVID-19 list on Sept. 30 after testing positive for the Coronavirus, but was removed off the list for their game against the Buffalo Bills Tuesday. Despite that, the Titans ruled him inactive Tuesday, which led to him asking for a trade.
Update: Titans beat writer Paul Kuharsky is reporting that the Jags and Titans plan to swap late-round selections for the transaction though it’s unknown which picks.
Sorry if it’s out there. No specifics. But #Jaguars exchanged late-round picks with #Titans to acquire Kamalei Correa.
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) October 14, 2020